All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what one so cheap… Cheap
- Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural… Antagonist
- Truth between candid minds can never do harm. Candid
- I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions. Conclusion
- It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified. Artificially
- In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of man, be opposite parties, and violent dissensions and discords; and one of these,… Deliberating
- Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from… All
- The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety… Accessibility
- To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and… According
- Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it… Acting
- The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people. Country
- Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you. All
- Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. All
- For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal. Biodiversity
- I love peace, and am anxious that we should give the world still another useful lesson, by showing to them other modes of punishing injuries… Anxious
- War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of a state of… All
- I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource. Any
- Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,… Afflict
- I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken… Believe
- We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses… Abhor
- The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one… Add
- Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked… All
- One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life. Life
- Where strictness of grammar does not weaken expression, it should be attended to. . . . But where, by small grammatical negligences, the energy of… Attended
- By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay… Country